January 6, 2021
Hello, dear readers of the KtoNaNovenkogo.ru blog. Few people now find it possible to conduct a dialogue in instant messengers and social networks without using emoticons.
Smiles have become an integral part of online communication and they are a great way to convey emotions, soften the opponent’s reaction, and often even allow you to replace words (for example, when congratulating, etc.).
It was quite logical to include them in the Unicode font set in the manner of letters from alphabets, numbers and other commonly used characters. Unicode emoticons even received the name Emoji-smiles (or in Russian - emoji or emoji, as you prefer). Text (symbol) designations of emoticons are also widespread, because they are quite easy to remember and can be used quickly (read about what emoticons from symbols mean).
The social network VKontakte is no exception to the rule and it actively uses emoticons, which can be inserted into dialogues or comments using a tooltip with a smiling face. But some of the emoji still did not make it into the opening list and remained, as it were, hidden. However, they can also be used - the main thing is to find the code of the desired emoticon and insert it, for example, into a link on the wall in VK, in a regular post, in a comment, in your status (very often people ask how to do this), discussions and other dialogues. on this social network.
If you are too lazy to read the short introductory part of this post, then you can immediately go to the table with the codes (designations) of all Emoji emoticons that can be inserted into VKontakte. And for everyone else, I suggest you plunge a little into the process of understanding where it all comes from and how it works.
What emoticons are suitable for VKontakte and what are Emoji?
Why did emoticons appear? What was the prerequisite for their appearance? Well, with the development of the Internet (or rather its segment called the World Wide Web or WWW), our usual communication (orally) began to be increasingly replaced by communication via the network, where information is transmitted in written form. The peak of transferring communication to monitor screens occurred at the time of the growing popularity of instant messengers (ICQ, Skype, Viber, WhatsApp, etc.), chats, as well as social networks (Facebook, VKontakte, Twitter, etc.).
However, written speech has one significant drawback compared to oral speech (more precisely, there are several disadvantages, for example, you need to be able to type quickly, but this can be considered the main one) - the difficulty of conveying emotions. The interlocutor does not see your facial expression, posture, or gestures. No, of course, gifted people (writers, for example) can convey emotions very clearly in words, but not everyone has such talent, and most importantly, there is simply not enough time for this when communicating through instant messaging or chat. No time to think.
We needed something that could be inserted very quickly (for example, using a code or notation) and the output would be an expression of emotion, state, clarify the state of the speaker, etc. To some extent, it was this problem that contributed to the emergence of Internet slang (for example, the same words LOL, KEK, etc.), which help convey an emotional attitude towards what was written or its author. But still it was not the same. A breakthrough was needed and it happened.
Of course, the solution to this problem was emoticons. At first, their use was not considered a serious matter, but, for example, now even in business correspondence you can find a colon followed by a closing parenthesis without a space (denotes a smiling emoticon) - 
